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0. 12:13 AM - Reminder (Matt Dralle)
1. 02:57 AM - Re: A spectacle in Uk Norflok (jglazener)
2. 03:05 AM - Ultimate Vents (jglazener)
3. 10:27 AM - Dimention needed please. (stephen vestuti)
4. 11:05 AM - Glider Wing Build (G-IANI)
5. 11:10 AM - Re: Dimention needed please. (G-IANI)
6. 12:29 PM - Re: Dimention needed please. (stephen vestuti)
7. 01:57 PM - Re: Re: Question for 914 users (Kingsley Hurst)
8. 11:46 PM - Re: Ultimate Vents (Frans Veldman)
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Subject: | Re: A spectacle in Uk Norflok |
Hello Graeme,
Wonderful picture. It is this sort of thing that drives me back into the garage
on cold wintry days to get the h... on with finally finishing my plane!
Thanks,
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Jeroen
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=44165
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I have purchased a pair of Ultimate vents which I plan on installing soon. I have
seen these put in a number of positions. Does anyone out there feel he has
the perfect position and orientation for these vents sorted out, in terms of effectivity,
accessibility, and interference? Any particular tips on the installation
process?
In practice, are these vents by themselves sufficient or are other measures needed
to ensure minimum / effective ventilation?
Help appreciated,
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Jeroen
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Subject: | Dimention needed please. |
Hi,
can someone with a flying or compleated Europa give me the dimension from the back
of the
control stick to vertical front of the seat unit when the stick is fully aft and
also stick fully forward,
many thanks,
steve.
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Subject: | Glider Wing Build |
This is an appeal for information from glider wing builders.
Steve Leisch (Kit A208) has realised that there are 2 Tufnol bearings part
number GAB03 that are not referenced in any of the build documents.
I have checked with Karen at Europa and can confirm that GAB03s are diamond
shaped Tufnol blocks with a hole in the middle (which is large enough for
the airbrake push rod to pass through). Talking to Nev, I believe they are
fixed on the root rib to act as an inboard bearing for the airbrake
pushrod. The end of the pushrod enters the cabin and is attaches to the
cables as per Fig 11 on Page 28a
In the Glider manual, section 8-13 refers to cutting the air brake push rods
(roughly) to length and fitting the bell crank end. There is no detail for
cutting the holes through the ribs forward of the spar, finalising the
length, attaching the inboard end fitting on the pushrod or the final
connection to the cables.
As no one at Europa has any further information I will try and collect as
much as I can. I would be pleased to have
have any notes, pictures or drawings you may have.
When I have got this together I am happy to produce a Build manual
supplement covering this area.
Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours
Europa Club Mods Specialist
e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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Subject: | Dimention needed please. |
Steve
On G-IRON and measured horizontally at the top of the seat face 65mm and
115mm. This can be varied depending on the adjustment of the push rod
lengths and your preference.
Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours
Europa Club Mods Specialist
e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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Subject: | Re: Dimention needed please. |
Ian, thanks for the quick response,
Steve.
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Subject: | Re: Question for 914 users |
Hello Gilles,
Sorry for the delay in replying.
I hadn't considered what you have suggested thanks and only got to checking it
out two days ago.
The line from the equaliser tube to the pressure sensor has a filter which was
wrapped in a heat insulating mat. This prevented casual observation of the state
of the filter. On removing this covering I found the filter saturated with
a brown sludge which I assume was stale condensate of fuel. When I blew through
the line (with my mouth) there was a lot of restriction as you can imagine
and I was thinking "thanks Gilles", you were right on the ball!
I did over two hours flying yesterday after fitting a new filter in a more elevated
position and guess what? MAP readings on take-offs are identical to what
they were before. (head now shaking!)
Because the engine is running so nicely, I have decided to let sleeping dogs lie.
There is no point trying to fix something if one is not sure it is 'broke'!
Thanks again for your thoughts Gilles.
Best regards
Kingsley
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On 14/11/2012, at 10:19 PM, Gilles Thesee <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr> wrote:
> What about the MAP lines, water trap, restriction, etc. ?
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Subject: | Re: Ultimate Vents |
On 11/19/2012 12:04 PM, jglazener wrote:
> I have purchased a pair of Ultimate vents which I plan on installing
> soon. I have seen these put in a number of positions. Does anyone out
> there feel he has the perfect position and orientation for these
> vents sorted out, in terms of effectivity, accessibility, and
> interference? Any particular tips on the installation process?
I have them too, I installed them with the knob pointing towards the
tail. They are working perfectly, the airstream is adjustable to all
positions. I have also installed an overhead vent, which is great if you
also want to have some air blowing on your head. (I'm bald and some air
there keeps my brain from overheating).
> In practice, are these vents by themselves sufficient or are other
> measures needed to ensure minimum / effective ventilation?
Something often overlooked: If you want to let air in, you also have to
let air out somewhere. Otherwise you are just pressurizing the cabin
until it won't allow any more fresh air in, only just enough to make up
for the air leaks, which, depending of the build, might be quite
restrictive.
I have still not solved this to my full satisfaction. I have a hose
running from the D-panel to the tailpost, thinking that the gap between
the rudder and the fin is a low pressure area and would be a low drag
air outlet. To my surprise, with the overhead and ultimate vents closed,
it actually blows air into the cockpit. And no, I have no idea where
that air is leaving again. I have a lockpin in the middle of the door (a
MUST if you want to prevent the doors from bulging out during flight and
leaking out massive amounts of turbulent air in the low pressure area
above the wing roots) and the flap drive slots are sealed by the Fred
Klein's wing root fairings. It might be that my cowl flap is so
efficient that it pulls air through the rudder cable slots so the tunnel
becomes a low pressure area and sucks air out via the inspection holes
and power lever slot. The only other openings are the tail plain slots,
but if the rudder gap is not a low pressure area I wonder why the tail
plain slots would be.
So, you might want to think about an air outlet too. Don't make it too
efficient though: I have these small windows in the door and they are no
fun to open during flight as they actually suck the air out and
underpressurize the cabin. What happens then is that the cockpit sucks
air from all kind of sources, some not too fresh. The cabin fills
quickly with a mixture of hot oil smell, traces of fuel smell, a dash of
exhaust smell, etc. So take care not to underpressurize the cabin.
The ultimate vents always provide fresh air, only during stalls
sometimes some exhaust smell seems to make it into the cockpit.
Frans
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